Hot-air register.



- No; '699,l83. Patented May 6, I902.

A. 0. JONES.-

HOT AIR REGISTER.

(Application filed May 18, 1901.)

(No Model.

UNITED STATES i PATENT ()FEIQE.

ALMON o. JONES, OF BATTLECREEKQMIOHIGAN, ASSIGNOR ro THE UNITED STATES REGISTER COMPANY, LIMITED, A-ooRPo ATIoN OF MICHIGAN.

HOT-AIR'RVEIGISTQER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,183, dated May 6, 1902. Application filed May 18, 1901. Serial No. 60,898. Ql'cinodel.)

To all whom it may,cncern-:

Be it known that I, ALMON O. J ONES, a citi-j zen of the United States r'esiding at Battlecreek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful l-Iot Air Register, of which the following is a specification. v,

This invention is an improved construction of hot-air register, the object of the invention being to provide a device which shall be safer than those generally used; and another object is to provide a register with a valve or deflector by means of which the direction of the hotair can' be regulated and also the quantity of the air to be directed.-

With these objects in view the invention consists, first, in surrounding the register case with a protective metallic jacketysecondly, in providing a valve or deflector-plate within the casing and connecting an operating means thereto, so that by moving the said valve or deflector-plate in or out the direction of the hot air can be determined andthe quantity of air so directed regulated.

The invention consistsalso in certain details of construction and novelties of combination, all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this speci fication, Figure 1 is a view showing the front of a hot-air register constructed in accordance with my invention. sectional view showingthe registers applied to two difierent floors, one above the other. Fig. 3 is asectionon the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the registercase having a protective jacket applied thereto. Fig; 6 is a perspective view of the register-front, taken from the inner side; and Fig. 7 is a detail perspective showing the manner of supporting the foot-rest.

In carrying out my invention I employ a register-casing A, preferably made of tin and shaped at its upper and lower ends for connection with the ordinary hot-air? fiues B. This casing A is surrounded upon three sides by means of a protective metallic jacket 0, said jacket being adapted to be secured at its the exterior of the casing A. The jacket 0, as before stated, extends only around three .pintles E, which rest in the notches E, thereby pivotally supporting theplate E in the Fig. 2 is a vertical lower end to a flange C, which extends around sides of the casing, the front being exposed. This protective 'casing renders the device saferthan ordinary registers now in use, inasmuch as the air-space between thecasing and its jacket acts as a non-conductor, and the heat of the casing is not communicated directly to the adjacent portions of the chimney or flue.. The casing A has practically an open front, the portion A extending only about one-fourth the height of thecasing.

The register-front D is made of cast-iron and can have any ornamental pattern desired. The front rests upon theifioor and'has inwardly-projecting side flanges D and a top flange D which extends over the projecting portions of the register-case, as most clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 6.

A valve or deflector-plate E is pivoted at its upper end in the front of the casing A, notchesE being produced in the reinforcingflange E which surrounds the opening in the casing, thevalve or deflector-plateE having casing. This plate is suflicientlywide to extend entirely across the opening in the casing and is of such length that its lower edge will extend to and below the closed po rtionA. This plate is operated by means of a screwstem F workingthrough a threaded guide F, formed upon the register-front D, adjacent to the top, and this stem is provided with a knob or. handle F by means of which the stem can be manipulated for the purpose of forcing the same in or out, as desired, and inasmuch as the inner end of this stem is connected to the plate at a point below its pivot it will be readily-understood that when the stem is forced in the plate is pushed back, therebycntti'ng offra part or thewhole of the current of heated air and deflecting the same through the front of the register.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the plate of the upper register as moved back to its limit, there= by deflecting all of the heated air from the register-front, and in the lower register I have shown a plate in such position that the heated air will pass through the register upwardly to the story above. The dotted lines in both the upper and lower registers show an intermediate position of the plate for the purpose of deflecting a portion of the heated air and at the same time permitting the remaining portion to pass on upwardly. A cap Gis fitted upon the top of the uppermost register to prevent the escape of the heated air.

The register-front D, as before stated, has the inwardly-projecting flanges D and D which permits the register to be used in connection with very thin partitions, inasmuch as a considerable portion of the casing can project beyond the outer face of the wall, but will not be exposed to view, inasmuch as the said projecting portion will be covered by the flanges of the register-front.

The register-front is} secured to the casing by means of bolts H, which pass through the front into the nuts I, located upon the exterior of the casing at each side. The registerfront has a hinged portion K adjacent to its lower end, said part K being pivoted at its upper end and having the supporting-arms K pivotally attached to each end, said arms being curved, as shown, and formed with notches K adjacent to their inner ends, which are adapted to engage the guide ears or lugs K formed integral With the registerfront. When the portion K is turned up to a horizontal position to form a foot-rest, the supporting-arms K automatically look into the cars or lugs K and hold the foot-rest in its proper horizontal position. This rest is so arranged with relation to the open portion of the register-front that the feet resting thereon will be supported directlyin front of the open portion of the register. The protec* tive jacketCis cut away at its lower forward edges, providing openings L at each side of the casing, so that the cool and foul air adjacent to the floor can pass around between the casing and jacket and up through the chimney, and in order to permit such passage at all times I prefer to construct the foot-rest witha series of openings K ,through which the cool and foul air can pass when the said foot-rest portion is in a closed position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6.

It will thus be seen that I provide a hotair register which is safer than those in common use, inasmuch as the casing is surrounded by a protective jacket. It will also be noted that by means of the valve or deflector-plate I maybe enabled to regulate,c0ntrol, and direct the passage of the heated air through the register, and, furthermore, by the use of the foot-rest constructed and arranged as herein shown and described I provide not only a suitable support for the feet, but also an escapement for the foul and cool air adjacent to the floor.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- In a hot-air register, a casing, each end of which is adapted,to be secured to a hot-air flue, and the upper portion of the front is open and notched at the top, a deflector within the casing provided with pintles for fitting within the notches, a front secured to the front of the casing and adapted to hold the pintles in place, the lower portion of which is open and the upper portion is provided with a screw threaded guide, a member hinged in the opening of the front to swing outward, and a knob for engaging with and operating the deflector, the stem of said knob being screw-threaded and fitting within the guide, substantially as described.

ALMON O. JONES. lVitnesses:

ANDREW W. LOCKLOR, SAMUEL IRWIN. 

